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con•flict

Pronunciation: (—v.kun-flikt';—n.kon'flikt),[key]—v.i.1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.2. to fight or contend; do battle.

—n.1. a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle; strife.
2. controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.3. discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas.4. a striking together; collision.
5. incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule.6. Psychiatry.a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.